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Welcome to Mountfair ...

Mountfair is located in Albemarle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountfair, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Mountfair is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mountfair lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mountfair: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Mountfair ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mountfair.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mountfair. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mountfair.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mountfair. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountfair.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountfair. See our Newspapers Page for Mountfair.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mountfair ...

Looking for more information about Mountfair? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mountfair, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mountfair.

Adding Mountfair to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mountfair in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Mountfair was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mountfair post office opened in 1899. The Mountfair post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mountfair.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Albemarle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountfair - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Mountfair area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Mountfair area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/